ASRock A300 DeskMini

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Pros:

Inexpensive, High efficiency, Extremely compact, Dual M.2 plus dual 2.5-inch SATA storage, Competitive performance at DDR4-3000.
Affordable, Compact design, Solid performance, Good build quality, Fairly quiet, Great for casual gaming and emulation

Cons:

Somewhat warm, Noisy under high loads, No rear-panel audio jacks, Only two rear-panel USB ports
BIOS is simplistic, Optional add-ons required to flesh out the system, Base USB connectivity is limited, No rear audio, Wi-Fi not included by default

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Last revision on September 15, 2019

Reviewers Liked

Inexpensive, High efficiency, Extremely compact, Dual M.2 plus dual 2.5-inch SATA storage, Competitive performance at DDR4-3000
Affordable, Compact design, Solid performance, Good build quality, Fairly quiet, Great for casual gaming and emulation

Reviewers Didn't Like

Somewhat warm, Noisy under high loads, No rear-panel audio jacks, Only two rear-panel USB ports
BIOS is simplistic, Optional add-ons required to flesh out the system, Base USB connectivity is limited, No rear audio, Wi-Fi not included by default

Expert reviews and ratings

Asrock's new DeskMini A300 is everything we hoped it would be and we're glad they finally released a mini PC that supports Raven Ridge APUs. The gaming performance won't blow your socks off, but you can at least play in some capacity, this simply wasn't...

By TechSpot on March 27, 2019

A combination of great efficiency, storage, and HDMI 2.0 opens the DeskMini to multiple end-user markets. But its lack of rear-panel connectors and somewhat high noise under heavy loads limits its appeal for some of those markets at the same time. If...

By Tom's Hardware on May 13, 2019

The ASRock DeskMini A300 barebones has an MSRP of $149 ($430 as tested). Affordable Compact design Solid performance Good build quality Fairly quiet Great for casual gaming and emulation BIOS is simplistic Optional add-ons required to flesh out the...

By techPowerUp! on April 30, 2019

Small form-factor (SFF) machines have emerged as a major growth segment in the desktop PC market. Performance per watt is an important metric for such systems, and Intel has pretty much been the only game in town for such computers, given that AMD...

By AnandTech on April 26, 2019

Wie bereits der ASRock DeskMini 310 mit Intel-Sockel, ist auch der DeskMini A300 in der AMD-Variante ein tolles Gerät. Er ist klein, kompakt, mit dem von verbauten Lüfter sehr leise und hat dabei, mit der von uns verbauten CPU, trotzdem noch eine...

By elefacts.de on May 12, 2019

Asrock ha presentado su primer ordenador basado en la plataforma Mini STX dotado de una APU AMD AM4 de 65W, con 32 GB DDR4 @2933 Mhz, en cun tamaño muy compacto de 1.9 litros.La placa base es el modelo Asrock A300m-STX, que soportan procesadores Bristol...

By razorman.net on January 28, 2019